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Utility Workshop

Utility Workshop. Quality Hand Assembly with a Responsible Touch 900 Marin Street, San Francisco, CA 94124 415-820-7205. A Social Enterprise of Jewish, Family and Children’s Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties. Summary Of Business Services.

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Utility Workshop

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  1. Utility Workshop Quality Hand Assembly with a Responsible Touch 900 Marin Street, San Francisco, CA 94124 415-820-7205 A Social Enterprise of Jewish, Family and Children’s Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

  2. Summary Of Business Services • Complex, custom hand assembly • Kit building • Conference collaterals • Personalization • Order fulfillment • Simple handwork

  3. Developing The Business • Professional marketing plans • Presentations to businesses • Farming personal contacts • Mailings • Personal sales rounds • Word of mouth

  4. Management Requirements • Strong business background • Passion for social enterprise • Entrepreneurial spirit • Team building experience • Program and business development experience

  5. Characteristics • Difference from sheltered workshop • Business model • A social service in itself • Access to related services • Self-sufficiency • Aid to community • PARTNERSHIP of not-for-profit and business world

  6. Measuring Outcome • Financial bottom line • Break even budget • Revenue generation for JFCS • Number of agency clients helped • Creation of jobs in-house • Transitions to mainstream EMPL. • Removal from welfare • Feedback from customers • Reputation in business community

  7. Benefits To JFCS • Contributes to social mission of JFCS by providing jobs and medical benefits and creating self-sufficiency. • When possible, contributes surplus revenues to agency. • Enhances JFCS profile in community, with other community organizations and with the business world and donors.

  8. Things To Know • Competitors • Sourcing customers • Ongoing market conditions • Populations to target • Challenges • Board support

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